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Fire Truck Bedding Alert

Sep 202010

Shh, don’t tell LittleBrother, but he’s getting the same thing his older brother got for the Christmas he was three years old. We’ve got the bed frame and headboard already in house, have been pricing mattresses and, just a few minutes ago, I bought him some freaking adorable bedding.

Thankfully, he can’t read yet, and I am free to tell you about it way before he wakes up on Christmas morning surrounded by magic.

If you’re not familiar with Zulily, you need to be. In short, you get an email every day (just one) with a listing of their newest deals on baby, toddler and kid clothing, clothes for moms, expectant moms and nursing moms, accessories for baby (think bouncers, crib bedding), toddlers (backpacks), kids (read the title of this post) and mom (purses, etc) and the occasional awesome toy. These aren’t your average store brands either. They’re all kind of awesome. I have been stalking their boy clothing for awhile now as most of it is cuter than what I can find in the store for my boy and, quite often, at a comparable or better price. But enough gushing about the process.

TODAY THEY HAVE FIRE TRUCK BEDDING FOR TWIN BEDS. AND IT HAS A GREEN BACKGROUND. OH-EM-GEE!

Bedding I about fell off the couch. LittleBrother’s room is green. I have been struggling to find something he likes that fits with his wall color. We could repaint, but not in the middle of winter. I was starting to get desperate. Then I logged onto Zulily after the email this morning. I almost didn’t click on the California Kids category thinking that it was just crib bedding (and that it would still be out of my price range). I am so glad I did.

The twin “Wheelin’” bedset is priced at $59.99 on Zulily and, wouldn’t you know, RetailMeNot had a coupon code. That’s less than I paid for BigBrother’s Very Hungry Caterpillar set two years ago from Overstock.com. (Though just barely as I got a fab deal on that one as well.)

Now? I don’t need to replace his fire truck wall art or picture frames or any of that jazz. I was just lamenting yesterday as I got him ready for bed that I would soon have to put away some of those things. Now? No need! LittleBrother gets his fire trucks and I get a great deal. (For those who are wondering, yes, the child loves fire trucks. See also: Where Have All The Fire Trucks Gone?)

I am just so stinking pleased with myself. Pardon me while I pat myself on the back and email a friend to try and work out some new fire truck wall art. (And, yes, for those wondering, I’m normally almost done with Christmas shopping by this point. I’m very behind and starting to feel the panic.)

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Where Have All The Fire Trucks Gone?

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Sep 132010

Yes, I sung this song to the tune of Paula Cole’s “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone.” You can thank me that it will now be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. But my question really needs tweaking: Where have all the fire truck shirts gone.

I just went on my biannual Big Shopping Spree for the boys’ fall and winter clothing. BigBrother needed an entire wardrobe (sweat pants, long-sleeved t-shirts, sweat shirts, jeans, nice pants, button up shirts and sweaters) in his new size (somewhere between 5T at Old Navy and Osh Kosh, 5 at Carter’s and 4 in shirts but 5 in pants at Children’s Place) as we had absolutely no hand-me-downs this year. LittleBrother needed some new sweat pants to replace the old faded hand-me-downs (navy blue fades so horribly but it’s such a staple in boys’ wardrobes) and some new fun things for this year. Last year’s shopping trip yielded a large number of shirts (and a jacket) featuring fire trucks.

This year’s fire truck count? .5

Yes, I’m only counting the pajamas that I bought at Carters (a variation of the ones I bought last year) as a half a fire truck as no one else will see them. Except maybe on pajama day, on which day they can have the full count as one fire truck. And then back to their half a count.

Old Navy, Carters, Children’s Place, Osh Kosh, Gap, the Vanity Fair outlet and a few other now-forgotten stores had zero shirts featuring our favorite vehicle. I say this with extreme amounts of woe because LittleBrother is going through a phase that BigBrother never went through: he cares about what he wears. And he wants to wear a fire truck shirt every single day. But we only have so many fire truck shirts. (Okay, uhm, we have quite a few in his size from BigBrother’s previous 3T wardrobe), but still. Not a single fire truck shirt to be seen this year.

As an aside, Carters and Osh Kosh did have firefighter inspired rain jackets. However, even at 50% off, they were still kind of above what I’m willing to pay for a specialty jacket. Thankfully, I had already found a great bargain on a rain jacket at Heartstrings on one of our first stops during the Big Shopping Spree. It’s yellow with fish; LittleBrother loves fish, too. BigBrother’s rain jacket from last year still fits — knock on wood. But, you have to admit, this Osh Kosh firefighter rain jacket is way cute.

I have heard rumors of a few at Target, but we don’t have a Target. I’m now glad that I had magical mommy ESP in 2008 and bought one of the firefighter shirts from Old Navy in all sizes through 5T for the boys. I think my friends made fun of me at the time. Who’s laughing now?

In other news, I was deeply pleased with the selection of clothing for boys this year. Some of it was a little ugly as we’re now toying with Big Kid sizes, but I was able to find a nice selection of clothing for both boys. And here’s something crazy: they’re not wearing the same thing in our family picture next month. Complimentary instead!

Have you seen any fire truck shirts this season? Link me!